Broom-holder.



v No. 721,811. PATENTED MAR.3,1903.

H. P. LANERD.

BROOM HOLDER.

APPLIOATION FILED $EPT. 8, 1902.

no MODEL.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY P. LANERD, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BROOM-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 721,811, dated March 3, 1903.

Application filed eptember 8, 1902- Serial No. 122,575. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY P. LANERD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ohi cago, in the county of Cook and State of Illi-,

comparatively inexpensive of production,-

easily applied, and which will effectively hold brooms, brushes, and like articles in a desired position.

In the accompanying drawings, Figurel is a perspective view showing the broom-holder secured to a vertical support. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view. Fig. 3 is aview taken from the inner side of the cap.

Referring to the drawings, 1 denotes a cap which is preferably circular in outline and is provided on its inner face with a chamber 2, located in which is a stud 3, below which is formed in the edge of the chamber slots 4, while integral prongs 5 project rearwardly and are adapted to be buried in the support to which the device is adapted to be secured.

6 denotes a spring-wire consisting of a vertical bail portion 7 and the divergent springarms S,preferably curved to form opposing recesses 9. The side pieces of the bail portion seat in the slots 4; and the bight of the bail portion hooks over the stud 3 and lies between it and the annular rim of the cap, thus afiording for the bail a snug connection with said cap. After the bail has been thus engaged with the cap a screw, nail, or similar fastening means is inserted through a central hole formed in the cap and is then driven into the support to bury the prongs of the cap into the material composing the support, and thus hold the cap against turning.

In operation the broom, brush, or other device is engaged in the divergent arms in the usual manner, and owing to the spring material of which the arms are composed the article supported thereby will be retained securely in position.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without reqniringa more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- A holder for brooms and the like comprising a cap provided with a central aperture, penetrating points or prongs, a stud above the aperture, and notches in its lower edge below and on opposite sides of the aperture, in combination with a vertical bail having its bight portion engaged with the stud and its side members seated in said notches, and terminating in laterally-projecting divergent spring-arms, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY P. LANERD.

Witnesses:

EDWARD L. OANFIELD, DANIEL P. CAHILL. 

